INDEX. 
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ACHEN mass of iron, 71. 
Academy of Sciences, Royal, 
labours of, 475. ; 
Acoustics, improvements in 1816, 2. 
Adams, Mr. James, on the thickness of 
wall necessary to support a given 
arch, 448, 
Affinity, anomaly in, 11. 
Aiken, ‘Arthur, Esq. on specimens from 
Torre del Greco, 473. 
Albumen and gluten compared, 51. 
Alcohol, composition of, 28. 
Ali Bey, travels of, 242. 
Allophan, 244. 
Alumina, chloride of, 42—phosphate 
ry ae 
Ampere, M. new classification of che- 
mical bodies, by, 8. : 
Amphiro, a new genus of insects, 324, 
Anderson, Adam, rules for finding the 
heights of mountains by means of a 
table of compound interest, 108. 
Anderson, Mr. George, on the genus 
peonia, 231. 
Anhydrite, analysis of, 70. 
Animals without vertebre, 392. 
Anstie, Dr. on fossil bones, 395. 
Anthelion observed at Tottenham, 411. 
Antiphlogistic system, when introduced 
into Britain, AOT, 
Antsbar, experiments with, 210, 
Aqua regia, nature of, 34. 
Arago, M. on the dispersive powers of 
certain bodies, 3—on the diffraction 
of light, 4—on the dispersive and 
refractive powers of liquids, 155, 
d’Arcet, M. on the cupellation of silver, 
Arnold, Dr. on a fossil belemnite, 153 
—on a volcanic mountain in Java, 
154—on fossil bones, 470. 
Arts, improvements in, 86. 
Astringent substance from China, 150. 
Atoms of bodies, on, 331. 
Aurora Borealis at Sunderland, 250, 
Azote, compounds of, with oxygen, 
14, 186—necessity of food contain- 
ing, for nourishment of animals, 246. 
Barclay, Dr. dissection of the beluga, 
by, 184. 
Barchard, Mr. on the cells of bees and 
wasps, 333. 
Barometer, new portable, 84, 313. 
Barometrical observations, on, 401, 
Barytes, phosphate of, 44. 
Baudin’s voyage to New Holland, 239. 
Beale, Mr. improvements in Brooke's 
blow-pipe, by, 252, 480. 
Beaufoy, Colonel, on the stability of 
vessels, 4—on air as a moving power, 
A—ona standard of measure, 4—jour- 
ney to the top of Mount Blane, 97 — 
experiments on the strength of woed, 
by, 274—on Hannibal’s softening the 
rocks with vinegar, 528—queries by, 
on reaching the North Pole, 381— 
magnetical observations, 390, 460. 
Bees, on the cells of, 310, 333. 
Beet sugar, on, 50. 
Belemnite fossil, on, 153. 
Beluga, description of, 233—dissection 
of, 233. 
Beuzoic acid as a reagent for iron, 162. 
Berger, Dr, on the rocks near Dublin, 
All. 
Berzelius, Professor, on the acids of 
phosphorus, 36—on phosphates, 44— 
ou phosphites, 47—analyses of mine- 
tals, by, 72—new mineral system, 
by, 59—on the composition of topaz, 
105—new minerals, analyzed by, 
{60—description of a new earth, 452. 
Berdant, M. on changing the saline 
constituents of the water in which 
shell-fish live, 87. 
Bicheno, Mr. on British junci, 154, 
Biot, M. on the dilatation of liquids, 
363, 431. 
Birmingham, sketch of the country 
round, 83. 
Blainville, Dr. distribution of the ani- 
mal kingdom, by, 221. 
Blanc, Mount, journey to its top, 97. 
Blood, colouring matter of, 53, 
Blow-pipe, oxyhydrogen, improve- 
ments in, 479, 481, 483. 
Bones, fossil, 395—at Plymouth, 323. 
Booth, Mr. on taking the specific gra- 
vity of gases, 326—on a singular ex- 
periment, 401, 
Borates, 48. 
Borax, 48. 
Borie, Mr. on the composition of Cald- 
beck Fells, 161. 
Boron, preparation of, 24—combina- 
tion of, with iron, 24, 
Brande, Mr. on gas from pit coal, 25 
—on the strength of wine, 28—on 
an astringent substance from China, 
150. 
Brandenburg, Mr. on sulphate of man- 
ganese, 41, 
Brewster, Dr. on light, 153—on new 
properties of heat, 462—communi- 
cation of the structure of doubly re- 
fracting crystals to glass, &c, 464— 
on the lens of fishes, 467, 
Britain, Great, temperature of, during 
1816, 86. 
Brooke, Mr. new blow-pipe, by, 17, 
59—improvements in, 162, 167, 252, 
32T, 402, 479, 481, 483, 
Brugnatelli, M. on the excrements of 
silk-worms, 57. 
Caldbeck Fells composed of granite, 
161, 
